Project information

GLOUCESTERSHIRE SURVIVING WINTER APPEAL

Gloucestershire Community Foundation is calling on all who can afford to forego their Winter Fuel Payment to donate the money to those for whom it is not nearly enough. The money raised by the Appeal will be used to reach the vulnerable and elderly most in need in our county.

Charity information: Gloucestershire Community Foundation

Need

Many vulnerable people die each winter from causes directly attributable to the cold and poor living conditions, the vast majority being aged 65 or over. In Gloucestershire as many as 60,000 households are currently classed as living in fuel poverty. It is shocking that in the 21st century that people in our society struggle to stay warm and healthy during the coldest weather.

Solution

The money raised by the Gloucestershire Surviving Winter Appeal will be used to reach the people most in need of help to make sure that they can stay warm, eat well and remain mobile. The Foundation will use its ready made network of charities and community groups to identify winter need and ensure that the money raised gets to those who need it most.

Impact

Some of the funding will address fuel proverty brought about by inefficient homes, which will bring long term benefit. Other funding will help the elderly and vulnerable to keep active and to eat healthily providing benefits to them over the long term.

Risk

The risk is that people do not feel able to donate but we know from the work of other foundations and from talking to older people who do not experience fuel poverty, that they would be willing to pass on their winter fuel payment to those in need.

Reporting

The outcomes will be monitored by working closely with our network of charities and community groups and by liaison with the local authority to observe the impact on health and winter related death statistics